Many Edmontonians live within a 10-minute walk of a natural area park. Explore these natural areas and learn how to access them, and what plants and wildlife you might find.

These natural parks are different from conventional, manicured parks. They are managed in a way that puts nature first, by protecting native wildlife habitat and natural processes. These parks also let us learn about nature right in our own backyard.

City-wide Natural Area Management Plan

To effectively manage this natural area system, the City developed the  City-Wide Natural Area Management Plan (NAMP) (7.06 MB) to support the management of the ecological network as a whole. 

The plan sets out guiding principles, management objectives and strategies that are common to all natural areas throughout the City. When a new natural area is protected, the objectives and strategies are applied to the new site. 

In addition, when a new natural area is protected, a site-specific management plan will be developed for that area. The site-specific plan provides additional management strategies based on the unique features and management requirements of that particular natural area site.

Conservation Atlas

This map provides information about the natural area parks in Edmonton's tablelands (the flat lands above the River Valley and ravines).

Poplar LakeCanossa TreestandDunluce TreestandBaranow TreestandCumberland TreestandHenry Singer WetlandsDunvegan TreestandSecord TreestandSecord WetlandWinterburn WoodlandCallingwood TreestandOleskiw TreestandGariepy TreestandSection 19 WoodlotRamsay Heights TreestandFalconer Heights TreestandHodgson WetlandSouthwest HighlandAmbleside TreestandSouthwest MixedwoodNorth Virginia Park WoodlandVirginia Park WoodlandGreenfield TreestandGraunke ParkStarblanket ParkPollard MeadowsSoutheast Corner SloughMaple Ridge WetlandFulton Marsh Constructed WetlandRoper Pond Constructed Wetland

Park Listing

No.IdentifierNameNeighbourhood
1NE 8099Poplar LakeKlarvatten
2NW 7017ACanossa TreestandCanossa
3NW 643Dunluce TreestandDunluce
4NW 7123Baranow TreestandBaranow
5NW 77Cumberland TreestandCumberland
6NW 7060Henry Singer WetlandsRampart
7NW 644Dunvegan TreestandAthlone
8NW 7010ASecord TreestandSecord
9NW 7010DSecord WetlandSecord
10NW 302Winterburn WoodlandHamptons
11NW 640Callingwood TreestandCanossa
12NW 638Oleskiw TreestandOleskiw
13NW 641Gariepy TreestandGariepy
14NW 384Section 19 WoodlotRural West
15SW 6104Ramsay Heights TreestandRamsay Heights
16SW 711Falconer Heights TreestandFalconer Heights
17SW 6002Hodgson WetlandHodgson
18SW 86Southwest HighlandMagrath
19SW 40Ambleside TreestandAmbleside
20SW 6001Southwest Mixedwood Natural AreaRutherford
21SW 74North Virginia Park WoodlandMacEwan
22SW 31Virginia Park WoodlandRutherford
23SW 6112Greenfield TreestandGreenfield
24SE 404Graunke ParkWeinlos
25SE 405Starblanket ParkBisset
26SE 407Pollard Meadows Natural AreaPollard Meadows
27SE 5010Southeast Corner SloughRural Southeast
28SE 238Maple Ridge WetlandMaple Ridge Industrial
29 Fulton Marsh Constructed WetlandThe Meadows
30 Roper Pond Constructed WetlandRoper Industrial